Alert archive / Michigan / Lake Effect Snow Warnings in 2012
Lake Effect Snow Warning 4, NWS Marquette, MI
NWS Marquette, MI issued this lake effect snow warning at Feb 24, 2012, 2:31 PM CST for Gogebic County, Ontonagon County, Michigan. It was in force for 21 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 24, 2012, 2:31 PM CST (20:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 25, 2012, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Marquette, MI
Counties Gogebic County, MI, Ontonagon County, MI
The radar
The Marquette radar (KMQT), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this lake effect snow warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Marquette, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this lake effect snow warning went out at Feb 24, 12:18 PM CST, 2 hours 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 24, 12:18 PM CST, 2 hours 13 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 530 AM EST FRI FEB 24 2012 MIZ002-009-251300- ONTONAGON-GOGEBIC- 530 AM EST FRI FEB 24 2012 /430 AM CST FRI FEB 24 2012/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT MODERATE TO POSSIBLY HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY MORNING. SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL DIMINISH SATURDAY MORNING. SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKING THROUGH THE UPPER GREAT LAKES COULD PRODUCE SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW SUNDAY INTO MONDAY OVER PORTIONS OR ALL OF UPPER MICHIGAN. STAY TUNED TO LATER FORECASTS FOR MORE DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... REPORTS OF SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TODAY AND TONIGHT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. MIZ001-003>007-010>014-084-085-251300- KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-BARAGA-MARQUETTE-ALGER-LUCE-IRON- DICKINSON-MENOMINEE-DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- 530 AM EST FRI FEB 24 2012 /430 AM CST FRI FEB 24 2012/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKING THROUGH THE UPPER GREAT LAKES COULD PRODUCE SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW SUNDAY INTO MONDAY OVER PORTIONS OR ALL OF UPPER MICHIGAN. STAY TUNED TO LATER FORECASTS FOR MORE DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE NEED FOR WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. LSZ162-240>251-263>267-251300- LAKE SUPERIOR WEST OF A LINE FROM SAXON HARBOR WI TO GRAND PORTAGE MN BEYOND 5NM-SAXON HARBOR WI TO BLACK RIVER MI- BLACK RIVER TO ONTONAGON MI- ONTONAGON TO UPPER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL MI- UPPER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL TO EAGLE RIVER MI- EAGLE RIVER TO MANITOU ISLAND MI- MANITOU ISLAND TO POINT ISABELLE MI- POINT ISABELLE TO LOWER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL MI- LOWER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL TO HURON ISLANDS MI INCLUDING KEWEENAW AND HURON BAYS-HURON ISLANDS TO MARQUETTE MI- MARQUETTE TO MUNISING MI-MUNISING TO GRAND MARAIS MI- GRAND MARAIS TO WHITEFISH POINT MI- LAKE SUPERIOR FROM SAXON HARBOR WI TO UPPER ENTRANCE TO PORTAGE CANAL MI 5NM OFF SHORE TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER INCLUDING ISLE ROYALE NATIONAL PARK- LAKE SUPERIOR FROM UPPER ENTRANCE TO PORTAGE CANAL TO MANITOU ISLAND MI 5NM OFF SHORE TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER- LAKE SUPERIOR WEST OF LINE FROM MANITOU ISLAND TO MARQUETTE MI BEYOND 5NM FROM SHORE- LAKE SUPERIOR EAST OF A LINE FROM MANITOU ISLAND TO MARQUETTE MI AND WEST OF A LINE FROM GRAND MARAIS MI TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER BEYOND 5NM FROM SHORE- LAKE SUPERIOR FROM GRAND MARAIS MI TO WHITEFISH POINT MI 5NM OFF SHORE TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER- 530 AM EST FRI FEB 24 2012 /430 AM CST FRI FEB 24 2012/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN LAKE SUPERIOR...CENTRAL LAKE SUPERIOR AND WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE NEED FOR WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. LMZ221-248-250-251300- GREEN BAY NORTH OF LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE-SEUL CHOIX POINT TO POINT DETOUR MI- 5NM EAST OF A LINE FROM FAIRPORT MI TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE- 530 AM EST FRI FEB 24 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE NEED FOR WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. TITUS/ROLFSON
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 24, 8:56 AM CST, 5 hours 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
956 AM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 AM SNOW 5 SSE MARQUETTE 46.48N 87.36W
02/24/2012 M2.5 INCH MARQUETTE MI COCORAHS
24 HOUR REPORT. 0.08 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT.
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JMWIXSpecial weather statement, Feb 24, 10:35 AM CST, 3 hours 56 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Marquette, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 3:21 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MQT | Gogebic, Ontonagon | 11 hr |
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Lake Effect Snow Warnings in Michigan, 2012Every lake effect snow warning in 2012
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.